The housing list in Louth is set to reduce by 20% amid news that 778 social housing units will be delivered by the local authority by the end of 2017.
The move has been confirmed this morning by Senator Mary Moran.
Overall, a total of €57,224,354 is to be invested in Louth County Council from now until 2017 in enable it to increase the numbers of social housing units that can be acquired or built in the county.
Details of the new Build, Buying & Leasing Programme were confirmed by Environment Minister Alan Kelly today and outline the plan to significantly reduce the numbers of people on housing lists locally.
Speaking this morning, Moran said: “This announcement has been made possible by the €3.8bn social housing strategy secured by Minister Kelly at Budget time.
Today we are seeing the fruits of this strategy at local level with confirmation of social housing targets that have been set for Louth until 2017.
Each local authority was asked to bring forward housing unit targets and specific building projects out to 2017. As part of the strategy, targets had to be agreed with each local authority in 2015.
One local project that has now gotten the green light is Boice Court in Drogheda where 40 units will now be delivered. Details of further projects which will also now go ahead will be issued in a few weeks.
There is a serious housing problem in Louth but we are determined to tackle the crisis head-on. To this end I have been working closely with Minister Kelly to ensure that our local area gets its fair share of funding.
I look forward to seeing the social housing dividend of this investment and trust it will have a substantial impact on the housing needs of the local area.
Nationwide, today’s announcement will see over €1.5 billion will be invested in a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes by local authorities designed to accommodate 25% of those currently on the housing waiting lists in social housing.
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